Attachment for railway-cars.



D. W. DONOHUE & A. B. TACHELL.

ATTACHMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLIGATION nun MAR. 19, 1914 1, 1 19,935. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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DANIEL .W. DO1\TOHUE;ANID ANNA B. TACHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJDec. 8, 1914.

Application filed March 19, 1914. Serial No. 825,793.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, DANIEL \V. DONO- HUE ,and ANNA B. TACHELL, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Railway- Oars, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to attachments for railway cars, and .is adapted more particularly for use with refrigerator railway cars.

The object of this improvement is to provide a temporary passage between the doors of a car of the character mentioned which is adapted to prevent any substantial change in the temperature of the interior of said car during the process of loading or unloading the same.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

'fhe invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a railway car equipped with a device embodying our invention, Fig. '2 is a section of the same taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental section taken on line 3-3 in Fig.1, Fig. 4k is a view similar to Fig. 3 except that one corner of one of the flexible partitions is in open condition, and Fig. 5 is a fragmental section taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, comprises a frame made up of side members 8 and end members 7, said end members being removably secured to the sides of a railway car 8 above the door openings 9 therein. A covering or ceiling wall 10 is secured to the under side of members 6 and 7 to prevent the passage of air through said frame. The covering 10 may be formed of heavy paper, or any other suitable substance. The end portions of covering 10 at the edges 11 thereof adjacent the tops of door openings 9 are extended downwardly to said door openings in order to form a substantially air tight joint between said member 10 and the walls of said car above said door openings 9. The particular disposition of said edges 11 also facilitate the passage of a current of air. near the tops of door openings 9 through said. door openings. An elongated member 12 is rcmovably scoured to each side member 6 along the longitudinal edge of said ceiling wall. Said elongated members are preferably formed of wood but may be made of any other suitable substance. Each member 12 is preferably secured to its corresponding member 6 by means of screws 13 but may be secured thereto by means of any other suitable connection which will permit of ease and ready separation of members 12 from members 6. At each end of each member 12 is a verticall y disposed elongated member 14 and each. member 14 is hinged to its correspond ing member 2 by means of a hinge 15 so that each member 14 may be swung in a vertical plane to a horizontal position substantially as indicated in Fig. i. Onthe members 12 are provided hooks 16 adapted to engage eyes .17 which are carried by the members 1 The hooks 16 and eyes 17 are adaptedto lock the members l t in their horizontal positions.

Flexible partition walls 18 are secured at their tops to elongated members 12 and at their vertical edges to members 14: by means of tacks, not shown, or any other suitable means and are not adapted to be removed therefrom. The partition walls 18 are prefw erably formed of canvas but may be formed of any suitable substance. The members 1 L are pre'lt'erably of a length so that their lower ends will be spaced considerably above the bottom of the car 8 so that in case the car is used to transport materials which are longer than the distance between one end and the door opening of the car, such materials may extend under the partitions 1.8 into the passage between the door openings or into the opposite end portion of the car. The flexible partitions 18 being yieldable will lie closely around said materials and effectively prevent a current of air passing into the end portions of the car thereby maintaining an even temperature in such end portions.

\Vhile we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. Ve, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations ing Wall secured in said car above the tops of said door openings; and partition Walls.

detachably secured to said ceiling Wall, suo stantially as described.

3. The combination With a car, of a ten porary ceiling Wall secured to said car; elongated member removably secured to edges I of said ceiling Wall; and flexible partition Walls secured to said elongated m mbers substantially as described. 7

l. The combination ivith a car, of a temporary Wall disposed horizontally in said car; elongated members removably secured to edges of said Wall; a vertically disposed elongated member hinged to each end oi saic first mentioned elongated members, each oi said vertically disposed member being adapted to swing to a horizontal position; and flexible Walls secured to said elongated members, substantially as described.

5. The combination with acar, of a temporary Wall disposed horizontally in'said car; elongated members removably secured to edges of said Wall; a vertically disposed elongated member hinged to each end of said first mentioned elongated members, each of said vertically disposed members being adapted to swing to a horizontal position;

and partition walls depended from flexible Walls secured to said elongated members; and locks carried by said elongated members and adapted to loclr said second mentioned elongated members in horizontal positions substantially described.

6. The combination with a car, of a temporary Wall disposed horizontally in said car; elongated members removably secured to edges oi said Wall; a vertically disposed elongated member hinged to each end, of said first mentioned elongated. members each oi. said vertically disposed members being adapted to swing to horizontal position; flexible Walls hers; eyes carried by said first mentioned elongated members; and hooks carried by said second mentioned elongated 'members and adapted to engage said eyes to loclrsaid described. 7 7

in testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing .WEDGSSQS. V

DANlEL /V. DONOHUE. ANNA B. TACHELL.

Witnesses JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, l'lnnnn F. LILLIs.

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secured to said elongated mem- V i mentioned elongated members in horintal position; and flexible walls seelongated'members, substan wall disposed horizontally in said 

